Bengaluru, May 31 -- As anticipated KPCC President and former Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) was elected unanimously as the new Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader at the CLP meeting held at Conference Hall of Vidhana Soudha here yesterday.

Shivakumar will be taking oath as the 25th CM of the State on June 3 at 4.05 pm, in a simple ceremony organised at Lok Bhavan.

AICC General Secretaries K.C. Venugopal (Organisation) and Randeep Singh Surjewala (Karnataka in-Charge), who arrived in city, ahead of the CLP meeting, carrying the message of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, announced the decision of the High Command to name DKS as CLP leader.

Adhering to the instructions of the High Command, acting CM Siddaramaiah, proposed the na...